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In the tradition of The Bitch in the House, a provocative anthology of original essays about one of life's most complicated relationships.
Riverhead
January 2006
320 pages ISBN: 1594489092 Hardcover
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In-laws are the family members you inherit when you choose
your spouse. They're the unavoidable human baggage attached
to the person you love. It's a relationship that can be
traumatic, harrowing, maddening, and hilarious-sometimes all
at once.
In I Married My Mother-in-law and Other
Tales of In-laws We Can't Live With-and Can't Live
Without, Ilena Silverman brings together seventeen
writers who plumb their individual in-law experiences for
extraordinary and unexpected wisdom about this uninvited and
intense relationship. We hear from a variety of writers,
including Michael Chabon, who writes movingly about what he
learned from his ex-wife's father; Kathryn Harrison, whose
relationship with her father-in-law was more rewarding and
less complicated than the one she had with her own father;
Martha McPhee, who explores the role that money plays in the
in-law dynamic; Susan Straight, who recounts her experience
as the first white woman who married into her husband's
African-American family; and Ayelet Waldman, who ponders the
competition between wives and mothers for the attention of
their husbands/sons.
By turns blunt and poignant,
horrifying and touching, these essays are small mirrors that
reflect some of the myriad aspects of this bewildering and
complex relationship. Remarkable for both the quality of its
prose and the scope of its emotional insight, I Married
My Mother-in-law is an unforgettable anthology about an
inescapable family relationship.
Contributors:
Matt Bai Amy Bloom Michael Chabon
Ta-Nehisi Coates Anthony Giardina Jonathan
Goldstein Colin Harrison Kathryn Harrison
Barbara Jones Tom Junod Karen Karbo Martha
McPhee Peter Richmond Dani Shapiro Darcey
Steinke Susan Straight Ayelet Waldman
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